Chapter 56 - 57: The Comatose Girl Awakens

Chapter 56: Chapter 57: The Comatose Girl Awakens

"On my ship, I don’t keep idle people, much less those who put on airs like they’re royalty."

Lin Ji’s words made Shen Manyun, standing beside him, tremble slightly.

She looked at his cold profile, feeling both awe for this man and an inexplicable sense of reassurance.

In this cruel apocalypse, such almost ruthless rationality was the most solid support one could rely on.

Lin Ji said nothing more and opened the Logbook of Navigation.

[Current Time: Day 3, 04:50]

[Second Phase: Despair Sea Fog Countdown: 1 day, 19 hours, 10 minutes.]

He turned and looked toward the stern.

The pitch-black Dead Silence Fog was like a greedy giant beast, silently devouring the sea in the darkness.

Lin Ji’s brow furrowed tightly.

The fog was advancing faster than he had anticipated.

Moreover, he could clearly sense that the Dead Silence Fog was accelerating, moving much faster than it had yesterday.

"I’d guess those still using Level 1 Vessels are already dead."

"This speed has already surpassed that of a Level 2 Vessel..."

Lin Ji frowned, his sense of crisis growing stronger.

Just then, a cold sea breeze swept past, and Shen Manyun beside him couldn’t help but shiver.

She was only wearing a thin men’s shirt, her legs bare, clearly unable to withstand the early morning sea wind.

"If you’re cold, go back to your room."

Lin Ji glanced at her and said calmly.

"Go wake Bai Taotao. Both of you stay in the cabin and keep watch. I’ll handle things here."

But Shen Manyun shook her head, tightened her clothes around her, and stubbornly stood by Lin Ji’s side.

"No, I can endure it."

"I’m also a member of this ship. Protecting everyone is my responsibility too."

Lin Ji gave her a deep look but didn’t press further.

Just then, a startled cry came from the direction of the kitchen in the lower deck.

"Ah!"

This was followed by the clattering of pots and pans.

Lin Ji’s eyes sharpened, and he instantly activated his Second-tier Constitution speed, darting over like a blur.

Shen Manyun hurriedly followed behind.

In the kitchen, Bai Taotao was sitting on the floor, clutching an iron spoon, her face pale with fright.

Not far from her feet lay the girl who had been unconscious all this time.

"What happened?" Lin Ji asked sternly.

Seeing Lin Ji, Bai Taotao pouted and pointed at the girl on the floor, looking aggrieved.

"Captain brother... I got up and wanted to find something to eat in the kitchen..."

"But I didn’t watch my step and almost stepped on this big sister..."

This little girl was always so careless.

Shen Manyun sighed in relief, walked over to help Bai Taotao up, and comforted her softly.

Lin Ji paid no attention to this minor incident.

His gaze fell on the unconscious girl lying on the floor.

She appeared to be around eighteen or nineteen years old, with a petite and delicate figure and fair skin.

Her features, while not as stunningly beautiful as Gu Yihan’s or Su Qingyue’s, could still be considered delicate and lovely.

If she had been in his previous class, she would undoubtedly have been the class beauty, easily scoring an 85 out of 100.

But at this moment, Lin Ji’s frown deepened.

He activated the [B+ Grade Insight Eye] once more, attempting to probe the girl’s information.

Yet, the result remained the same—a blur of garbled code.

[Target: Unknown.]

[Talent: Unable to detect.]

"Still can’t see through her..."

Lin Ji murmured to himself, his vigilance instantly heightened to the maximum.

If even his Insight Eye couldn’t penetrate her, this situation was extremely abnormal.

There were only three possibilities.

First, the girl had not awakened any talent. But that was almost impossible—even the most useless survivors had at least an E-grade talent. Lin Ji had yet to encounter a truly talentless individual.

Second, the girl’s talent level was too high, even surpassing the upper limit of Lin Ji’s Insight Eye.

Third, the girl had awakened some extremely special shielding-type talent, capable of perfectly concealing her information.

Whichever it was, it indicated that this seemingly fragile girl was anything but simple.

Moreover, a full day and night had already passed since she was rescued onto the ship.

Although Shen Manyun’s Healing Art was low-level, it shouldn’t have left someone unconscious for so long.

There had to be something unusual going on.

"Teacher Shen, Tao Tao, both of you step back."

Lin Ji spoke with a deep frown, his eyes narrowing and his expression serious.

He extended his right hand, and a pure green light glowed in his palm.

It was the [D-grade Purification] he had synchronized from Shen Manyun.

"Let me see if you’re pretending to sleep or if there’s truly something strange about you."

As Lin Ji willed it, the green light instantly enveloped the girl’s entire body.

Originally meant only to dispel negative status effects, the purifying light, now enhanced by Lin Ji’s Second-tier Constitution, erupted with an incredibly intense surge of life energy.

Green specks of light, like fireflies, burrowed into the girl’s body, attempting to forcibly awaken her dormant consciousness.

As the purification progressed, Lin Ji was surprised to discover that the girl’s internal injuries had long since healed completely.

Even the vitality contained within her petite frame was far more vigorous than that of an ordinary person.

"This isn’t right."

Lin Ji’s brow furrowed tightly, his eyes filled with confusion.

"Her body shows no damage at all, so why has she remained unconscious?"

Just then, his keen perception suddenly caught an extremely faint yet exceptionally clear mental fluctuation emanating from within the girl.

It was like a dreamlike murmur, yet tinged with resistance and fear.

The girl seemed to sense the warm purifying energy attempting to rouse her slumbering consciousness.

Her tightly closed eyelids trembled slightly before suddenly snapping open.

They were large, clear eyes, like those of a startled fawn, yet brimming with fear.

When she saw the expressionless, even somewhat coldly scrutinizing man standing before her—

"Ah!"

The girl let out a terrified scream, her entire body jolting as if electrocuted, instantly springing up from the floor.

She frantically huddled in the corner of the kitchen, hugging her head, trembling as she stared at the strangers before her.

Her pitiful appearance resembled that of a little lamb that had just narrowly escaped a pack of wolves.

"Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid."

Seeing this scene, Shen Manyun’s maternal instincts instantly overflowed.

She quickly walked over, crouched down, and comforted her in an extremely gentle voice:

"Little sister, we’re not bad people."

"We rescued you from the bad guys. It’s safe here, no one will hurt you."

Under Shen Manyun’s soft, motherly words, the girl’s emotions stabilized slightly.

But she was still trembling all over, her eyes warily fixed on Lin Ji standing behind Shen Manyun.

Clearly, the experience of being tortured by those beastly men had left her with deep psychological scars.

"Who are you? What’s your name?"

Lin Ji did not let his guard down because of her pitiful state.

He still crouched down expressionlessly, his eyes coldly scrutinizing her.

"Tell me, what talent did you awaken?"

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